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Movie Piracy
Walk down most New York City streets, and you'll inevitably stumble upon someone hawking pirated movies, with DVDs going for half the price of a Manhattan movie ticket. Movie companies are losing big, producing $100 million movies, yet seeing their revenues fall when people decide to either pick up a burned copy or download the movie off some illegal Internet site. Though not yet as widespread as music piracy, the quality of pirated movies continues to rise, worrying both film studios and copyright activists.
Studios have teamed up with local schools to teach the history and merits of copyright laws, replete with role-playing games and crossword puzzles -- but will it work?
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An investigation done by AT&T and The University of Pennsylvania found that up to 80% or pirated movies were leaked by industry insiders.
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A senate subcommittee hearing considering amending existing copyright laws was met with fierce opposition by the MPAA, which claimed they lost $3.5 billion a year due to movie piracy.
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